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Morocco to bolster forces with 25 F16 fighters

The US Defense and Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced the approval of a sale of 25 F-16C/D Block 72 fighter jets for a cost of $3.8 billion to Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces. The deal will further bolster Morocco’s air force supremacy in the region as the North African country plans to revamp its operating fleet […]

Madrid stands with Rabat against terror, Albares Says

Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares has affirmed that his country stands with Morocco in the fight against terrorism which is threatening the region’s peace and stability. Speaking to journalists following talks held Tuesday in Marrakesh with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the meeting of the Global Coalition against ISIS, Mr. Albares […]

Oil-rich Libya faces fuel supply crisis as $1 billion in unpaid import bills mount

Oil-rich but war-torn Libya is teetering on the edge of a fuel supply crisis, with more than $1 billion in unpaid dues for imported fuel threatening to disrupt deliveries and deepen the country’s economic woes. The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned that international suppliers are growing increasingly reluctant to continue shipments without payment […]